Testimonies for the Church, Volume 9 - Ellen G. White

prayer let us all unite in holding up their hands and
in drawing bright beams from the heavenly
sanctuary.
The end is near, stealing upon us stealthily,
imperceptibly, like the noiseless approach of a thief
in the night. May the Lord grant that we shall no
longer sleep as do others, but that we shall watch
and be sober. The truth is soon to triumph
gloriously, and all who now choose to be laborers
together with God will triumph with it. The time is
short; the night soon cometh when no man can
work. Let those who are rejoicing in the light of
present truth now make haste to impart the truth to
others. The Lord is inquiring: "Whom shall I
send?" Those who wish to sacrifice for the truth's
sake are now to respond: "Here am I; send me."
(Isaiah 6:8)
Let those who bear responsibilities remember
that it is the Holy Spirit who is to do the
fashioning. It is the Lord who controls. We are not
to try to mold, according to our own ideas, those
for whom we work, but to let Christ do the
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